powershell - How to get the current directory of the cmdlet being executed

Question

This should be a simple task, but I have seen several attempts on how to get the path to the directory where the executed cmdlet is located with mixed success. For instance, when I execute C:empmyscriptsmycmdlet.ps1 which has a settings file at C:empmyscriptssettings.xml I would like to be able to store C:empmyscripts in a variable within mycmdlet.ps1.

This is one solution which works (although a bit cumbersome):

$invocation = (Get-Variable MyInvocation).Value
$directorypath = Split-Path $invocation.MyCommand.Path
$settingspath = $directorypath + 'settings.xml'

Another one suggested this solution which only works on our test environment:

$settingspath = '.settings.xml'

I like the latter approach a lot and prefer it to having to parse the filepath as a parameter each time, but I can't get it to work on my development environment. What should I to do? Does it have something to do with how PowerShell is configured?

Answer 1

Yes, that should work. But if you need to see the absolute path, this is all you need:

(Get-Item .).FullName